Aftermath of the Fauld Explosion

Date: 1947 - 1948 (c.) Description: On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 tons of explosives stored by the RAF in a disused gypsum mine. Upper Castle Hayes Farm was completely obliterated, and 70 people were killed. The crater remains today, 90 feet deep and a quarter of a mile across. Not all the store at 21 MU Fauld was destroyed, and this photograph shows one of the chambers after the remaining explosives had been removed.

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Source: Mr Godwin, John

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